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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1919
Page
15
Harvard athletic fields host a surge in participation as war shifted many top athletes into service. Track and football squads show large increases in varsity and freshman candidates, with 92 track runners and 81 baseball hopefuls already vying for spots.
F L Kleeberger of California and Lt te chroeder, ex-Mitchell Field athletic director, sail for France on the Matsonia to train French Army students at a major school. They will teach a selected group who will spread the methods to the French forces. Ten more YMCA workers join a broader effort with sailors preparing U S expeditionary troops for May Paris championships.
Representative Arthur K. Reading of Cambridge was elected president at the Middlesex Sportsmen's Association annual meeting in Arlington Centre. He succeeds C Burnside Seagrave of Cambridge, who held the post three years. Seagrave received an engraved roving cup in recognition of his service.
The article discusses that great hitters like Wagner Lajoie Cobb and Speaker rarely have a true weakness at the bat. It explains pitchers sometimes outguess or outmaneuver top players causing moments of ridicule, but a different ball often yields a hard hit. It notes pitchers’ theories about fast balls through the heart and names Frank Smith as a pitcher who challenged Lajoie with heart-of-plate pitches.
Joie Ray the renowned mile specialist reached city ahead of the B A A games. He is confident of adding another trophy in the Hunter mile while preparing on the Mechanics Building track. Ray faces a strong field including Dave Caldwell Gordon Nightingale Tommy Campbell and Clyde Stout.
Harvard Yale and Princeton debate a triangular track meet at Cambridge with dual contests favored by Princeton. Yale would travel to Cambridge. dates for Harvard clashes undecided while intercollegiate plans proceed.
Vincent Richards of New York, national boy champion and doubles co champion, defeats Wallace Johnson of Philadelphia 7 5 6 3 to reach the final round. He will face the Tilden Alexander winner, with Richards also winning a junior singles match 6 2 6 0.
Mike Yokel world middleweight champion prepares for John Kilonis at the Grand Opera House tonight. The Greek promises a fast pace to unsettle Yokel and defend his title in a best two of three falls bout with a no time limit match. A preliminary features Charley Metro and Tom Pappas of Lowell in a one fall clash.
John Ferguson known as Sandy, famed heavyweight who fought five times with Jack Johnson, dies at Rhode Island Hospital Providence aged about 40. Brother Harry a Chelsea policeman notes the telegram. Born Moncton New Brunswick he moved to the US as a child. Funeral set for Sunday at 617 Broadway Chelsea.
More than fifty Mitchell Military Boys School alumni gathered for the annual reunion at Hotel Leno last evening. Fr. Lt. Nason was re-elected president and William W. Kimball was chosen secretary and treasurer for another year.
Oarsmen await B A A boathouse opening to get on the water as the season winds up with a freshman sophomore contest on field day. Freshman captain F F Knight of Manchester led the Cornell freshman eight last year. First year cox shortage expected to improve in a week. Schedule lists races against Boston Latin Cambridge Latin Rindge Huntington Browne and Nichols Pomfret with eights events at Field Day and Harvard Freshman. Dates pending with Exeter and Stone.
Henry Kil gore, SS, the youngest of nine siblings and longtime resident of Norway, Maine, died by hanging himself in his stable. A half century resident and active Republican political worker, Kil gore’s passing appears to be a self-inflicted death.
The second annual Boston high schools relay carnival at East Armory produced close finishes and notable runs from Boston Latin School and other city squads. Latin led most senior races with solid times, while Hyde Park and South Boston battled to dead heats in several events and East Boston High edged rivals in the final sprint.
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